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The jackpot for the US Powerball has hit an estimated $900m (£688m) – the third highest in the lottery’s 30-year history. The huge total was raised – from $875m (£668m) – after no ticket matched the winning combination in Saturday night’s draw. The Powerball jackpot was last won on 19 April for a top prize

A school for so-called “troubled teens” which claimed to fix teenagers with behavioural problems was ordered to shut down by the state government, who cited the deaths of multiple students.  Taylor Goodridge, 17, died with sepsis, a blood infection caused by an abdomen infection in December. At the time, she was a student at Diamond

A bank robbery was thwarted after the cashier convinced the man to take a seat – only for police to turn up and arrest him in the lobby. The FBI said James Timothy Kelly entered PNC Bank in Hollywood, Florida carrying a mesh bag and handed over a note stating: “Give me the money.” The

A man has been charged with murdering three women linked to the unsolved killings of 11 people, which was the subject of the Netflix film Lost Girls. Wealthy architect Rex Heuermann, 59, was arrested as the prime suspect in the historical Gilgo Beach murder case – in which the remains were found along a New

Succession star Brian Cox has told Sky News the Hollywood actors’ strike could get “very unpleasant” and may not be resolved until the end of the year. The industry looks set to effectively shut down after actors decided to join an existing walkout by writers. It means many hit TV shows and movies will have

Lisa Marie Presley – the only child of rock ‘n’ roll legend Elvis – died of complications from a weight loss surgery she had several years ago, a post-mortem examination revealed. The singer died at her home in Calabasas, California, in January this year, at the age of 54, after reportedly suffering a cardiac arrest.

Hollywood actors are going on strike after talks with studios broke down, joining film and television writers who have been on picket lines since May. Fran Drescher, the president of the US actors’ union, says its walkout will impact “thousands if not millions of people”. The strike, organised by the Screen Actors Guild – American

LeBron James says he will return for the next NBA season, dispelling rumours he was about to retire.  The 38-year-old basketball star announced the decision on Wednesday night after accepting the record-breaking performance award at the ESPYs for becoming the NBA‘s career scoring leader. James acknowledged that a few months ago he was questioning his

A US dentist accused of the fatal poisoning of his wife searched the internet for “how to make murder look like a heart attack” weeks before she died, a court has heard. James Craig, 45, also sought answers to the question “is arsenic detectable in an autopsy?” at around the same time, it is alleged.

After just 15 minutes on the streets of Philadelphia’s Kensington neighbourhood, an encounter that was everything.  It was illustrative of a crisis out of control, it was reflective of a profound personal struggle, it was instructive of the power of addiction, and it was deeply, deeply sad. “I really didn’t have anybody taking me seriously,”

New figures show a shocking rise in deaths on US streets linked to a drug which rots the skin of those who use it. Xylazine, often referred to as Tranq or the zombie drug, has spread across America at such alarming speed that the White House has now released a new six-point action plan to

A reality TV show doctor and his girlfriend who were accused of drugging and raping women have been cleared. Charges of assault with the intent to commit a sexual offence were dismissed against Dr Grant Robicheaux – a surgeon who appeared in Online Dating Rituals Of The American Male – and his girlfriend Cerissa Riley,

President Joe Biden has described the US-UK relationship as “rock solid”, despite reported disagreements over Ukraine. Mr Biden told Prime Minister Rishi Sunak he “couldn’t be meeting with a closer friend and greater ally” as the pair met this morning in Downing Street. He joined the prime minister in the Downing Street garden at the

In Washington circles and beyond, officials bristle at suggestions that the decision to supply cluster munitions to Ukraine represents an erosion of the moral high ground for America or that it suggests the war isn’t going well for Ukraine. On the first point, Congressman Adam Smith, a ranking member of the Senate’s Armed Services Committee,

Prime Energy, the influencer-backed drink that has become a viral playground hit, is facing scrutiny over its potentially dangerous levels of caffeine. A US senator has called on the country’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate Prime Energy, which contains 200mg of caffeine per can – the equivalent of about two cans of Red Bull

Two-time women’s football World Cup champion Megan Rapinoe has announced her retirement. The 38-year-old said the current National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) season will be her last with a statement on social media. Posting a picture of her as a little girl, Rapinoe wrote: “I never could have imagined the ways in which soccer would

Paris Hilton has been criticised by animal rights group PETA for buying a new chihuahua puppy - which is related to her beloved dog who died earlier this year. The US media personality revealed the newest addition to the “Hilton pets family” in an Instagram post this week – two months on from her heartbreak at

The White House is fully aware of the huge controversy surrounding this cluster munitions decision. 123 countries are part of the 2008 International Convention on Cluster Munitions which bans the use or transfer of this particular weapon. Almost all of America’s allies are signatories to the convention. Even within US government circles, there has been

New HIV infections have been linked to a spa in the United States that offered so-called vampire facials. The VIP Spa in Albuquerque, New Mexico, closed in September 2018 after two clients tested positive for HIV following the procedures. The New Mexico Department of Health has now reopened an investigation after another former client tested

A teenager who beat his high school Spanish teacher to death with a baseball bat over a bad grade has been sentenced to life in prison. Willard Miller, 17, pleaded guilty to first degree murder in April for his role in the November 2021 killing of Nohema Graber. He and co-defendant, Jeremy Goodale, 18, attacked